visual artist and curator based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Papier 2017

Although the wall drawing remains on view at the gallery, Studio 21 is taking my drawings on paper to Papier 17 in Montreal. When I describe the feeling of drawing, I find myself rubbing my fingers together as if I’m feeling the texture of the paper. How wonderful to think of a whole art fair dedicated to the material. Though not exactly paper, mylar is so buttery to draw on I love it as much as I loved the Stonehenge I was committed to for a decade. I can’t really let it go. Drawing on the wall however is somewhere between. The charcoal is easily pushed around on the smooth surface, and with a matte paint, it feels just like drawing on a thick rag page.